Easter is the time of year for chocolate eggs, pastel colors, and cute little yellow baby chicks. It is also the time of year for hosting family meals and making cute desserts to give to friends and family.
To make it all a little easier, we have gathered some of our best Easter recipes.
How to Prepare the Perfect Easter Dinner
- The perfect Easter menu includes delicious Easter appetizers, the main meal with side dishes, and of course, you can’t forget dessert.
- For an easy appetizer, try one of the deviled egg recipes listed below. Or try a variety of recipes and have an assortment of deviled eggs for guests to choose from. To help in this process, prep your eggs with this Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs recipe or these Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs (these recipes are also great for making eggs for coloring).
- Easter dinner wouldn’t be complete without a perfect juicy baked ham. Cook it in the crockpot and free up the oven for other side dish ideas, or cook it the traditional way in the oven. Serve it with other Easter dishes like mashed potatoes, carrots, Brussels, or asparagus.
- And since no holiday meal is complete without dessert, try one of our favorites listed below.
There are so many menu ideas for Easter. Only a few are listed here but there are many more easy Easter Recipes that you are guaranteed to love.
Easter Brunch Ideas
Morning Easter brunch should be a sumptuous and relaxing affair. The recipes listed below are a great way to have that meal running smoothly whether it be a buffet or a sit-down meal.
Easy Quiche Recipe is a quiche loaded with so many vegetables and a simple premade pie crust. This is perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
This Easy Quiche Recipe starts with a premade pie crust but no one has to know! It’s loaded with ham, cheese and green onions and is the perfect easy breakfast or dinner! You can really add anything you want to this easy quiche recipe — other vegetables, different cheeses or seasonings.
Blueberry French Toast Casserole can be made the night before and it will be ready to serve for Easter breakfast.
This French Toast Casserole is made with bread in an easy custard mixture, tossed with blueberries and a sweet cream cheese mixture, then topped with a sweet streusel topping!
Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole is a great way to use up leftover potatoes. This dish is so cheesy and so hard to resist.
Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole is is a complete meal in one dish. Eggs, hash browns, sausage (or ham) and loads of cheddar cheese make the perfect meal!
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls are a decadent treat for Easter breakfast or brunch. Once these are in the oven, the family will be clamoring for them to be ready.
This recipe makes soft rolls with sticky-sweet cinnamon filling on the inside, and dripping with cream cheese icing on the outside!
Candied Bacon is yes…really bacon that has been candied. This has piqued your interest, hasn’t it? How can it not?
Sweet and salty Candied Bacon is easy to make with just three ingredients. The best snack to have at your next party or brunch.
Deviled Egg Recipes
Deviled eggs are so good to serve as an appetizer for Easter dinner. They can also be served at Easter brunch. So creamy and smooth, everyone loves deviled eggs.
Classic Deviled Eggs have that distinctive creamy center. Add a sprinkling of paprika and these delicious eggs are ready to serve. A buffet table wouldn’t be the same without them.
This classic deviled eggs recipe is so easy to make as a side dish, appetizer, or even as a healthy snack!
Deviled Egg Chicks are a beyond cute way of preparing deviled eggs. Colorful and cute!
These little cuties are perfect for setting out at any Easter or spring event.
Dill Pickle Deviled Eggs combine the best of creamed deviled eggs with the sweet and sour flavors of a pickle. This combination is so good together.
Deviled Eggs are the perfect addition to any party or gathering and a staple at our ham dinners! These are the best-deviled eggs I’ve ever had with the addition of tangy dill pickles, fresh dill and a splash of pickle juice.
Bacon Avocado Deviled Eggs is a new twist on the classic deviled egg recipe. A touch of avocado and of course some bacon, make these super delicious.
Avocado Deviled Eggs combine our favorite side dish with the creamy goodness of avocados!
Pimento Cheese Deviled Eggs are a rich and decadent recipe. Top with some pimentos or sprinkle with some paprika for a dash of red.
Pimento cheese deviled eggs are a fun and flavorful twist on a classic recipe.
Deviled Egg Potato Salad combined the creaminess of deviled eggs with creamy potato salad.
This easy Southern version produces a creamy, slightly chunky salad!
Easter Dinner
There are so many Easter dinner ideas. Ham is the traditional meat of choice, but lasagna and some meatloaf are also great options.
Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze is a class Easter ham with a glaze, one of our favorites!
Baked ham is moist, tender and delicious inside while the outside is brushed with a brown sugar glaze and caramelized for a hint of sweetness.
How to Cook a Spiral Ham will give some simple tips and tricks for a showstopping Easter ham.
Spiral ham is incredibly easy and perfect for serving on special occasions or for Christmas dinner.
Crock Pot Ham is so easy to make and leaves room in the oven for other dishes.
This easy Crock Pot Ham is the perfect holiday ham recipe! It takes just 5 minutes of prep and the slow cooker does all of the work (leaving precious oven space for your sides). The result is a tender and juicy crock pot ham that your family will absolutely love!
The Best Meatloaf Recipe is a comforting meal that is so simple to prepare.
This is the best meatloaf recipe ever! It comes out juicy every time, and it seriously couldn’t be easier.
Homemade Lasagna is a dish that everyone loves. So cheesy and filling.
Homemade lasagna is a classic, delicious dinner that every family should have in their recipe rotation.
Easter Side Dishes
Brighten up that Easter table with some bright orange carrots, green slender beans, or Brussels. Or make a filling and comforting dish of potatoes.
Scalloped Potatoes are the perfect Easter side dish. Sliced potatoes are baked in a creamy white sauce. These are the perfect companion to a glazed ham.
Scalloped Potatoes are the perfect potato casserole! Tender potatoes in a creamy onion sauce baked to golden perfection.
Classic Green Bean Casserole will be the hit at the dinner table. Full of flavor, creaminess, and color, this dish is so sumptuous.
Tender green beans are tossed in a delicious creamy sauce, cheese, crispy onions, and baked with even more crispy onions until hot and bubbly.
Sweet Potato Casserole made with marshmallows, pecan, and of course mashed sweet potatoes. So good, and so sweet.
This easy Sweet Potato Casserole topped with pecans and marshmallows is a traditional side at our family Thanksgiving table. This comforting dish unites tenderly mashed sweet potatoes, brown sugar and butter with a hint of cinnamon.
Roasted Carrots are so easy and so bright and so good.
Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts are roasted in the oven until the outer leaves become so irresistibly caramelized.
These balsamic roasted Brussels sprouts are an easy, flavorful side dish with only 5 simple ingredients!
Cheesy Broccoli Cauliflower Casserole is a cheesy dish that is so filling and comforting.
Cheesy Broccoli Cauliflower Casserole is the perfect side dish for a weeknight meal. Tender crisp veggies tossed in an easy homemade cheese sauce and topped with a buttery crumb topping!
Creamed Peas are so cozy and creamy. A simple dish that the kids will love.
Peas are tossed in a creamy, savory sauce on the stovetop to create this flavorful, easy side dish!
Baked Mac and Cheese is an ooey-gooey favorite.
Macaroni noodles are tossed in a creamy, cheesy sauce, topped with a buttery crumb mixture, and baked until hot and bubbly.
Easter Desserts
Make the icing on the cake count with these delicious, and sweet desserts.
The Best Carrot Cake is one of the most requested recipes on the site. So moist and fluffy, this will get rave reviews.
The Best Ever Carrot Cake is one of my most requested dessert recipes of all time. It’s quick, incredibly moist, and homemade.
Apple Pie is the dessert for any holiday meal. A dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream and dessert is made.
A classic apple pie recipe with tender apples in a flaky crust.
Banana Cream Pie is so easy and so addictive.
An old-fashioned pie made entirely from scratch!
Bread Pudding is a classic recipe that is so easy to make. Whip this up for Easter dessert.
Easy Bread Pudding soft bread baked in a delicious custard for the perfect classic dessert.
Pavlova is similar to meringue cookies but in a cake form. Topped with some fruit and whipped cream, this dessert will be the hit of the dessert table.
This meringue-like dessert is topped with whipped cream and fruit and is popular around the holidays.
Classic Pound Cake involves just a few easy to find pantry staples.
A homemade pound cake is an easy dessert that uses just a few pantry staples!
Peeps Sunflower Cake is a fun and delicious way to brighten your dessert spread! Made with festive little chick peeps and covered in chocolate frosting it is sure to be a hit!
This is a really easy spring-inspired dessert and it’s ready in 15 minutes!
Easter Cupcakes have such a fun title and are so cute. The kids will love these cookie crumbs-dipped cupcakes, with the little rabbit tushies waving in the air. It will be hard to resist these sumptuous chocolate cupcakes! These are such a fun Easter treat.
Bunny Butt Cupcakes have been a favorite Easter cupcake for years! They are frosted, dipped in cookie crumbs and topped with the most adorable little bunny tooshies!
Leave a comment below and let us know what your favorite Easter recipe is!